Tag: Senate

KARACHI, PakistanYousuf Raza Gilani, the opposition leader in Pakistan's upper house of parliament, resigned on Monday, three days after the opposition's defeat on a key financial bill.Gilani, a former prime minister and a central leader of the center-left Pakistan People's Party, made the announcement in his speech during the ...

KARACHI, PakistanYousuf Raza Gilani, the opposition leader in Pakistan's upper house of parliament, resigned on Monday, three days after the opposition's defeat on a key financial bill.Gilani, a former prime minister and a central leader of the center-left Pakistan People's Party, made the announcement in his speech during the ...

People of color nominated by President Joe Biden for administration jobs have faced, on average, a tougher and lengthier confirmation process in the Senate than their white counterparts.Over the past year, activists and supporters have noted instances of this, pointing to several high-profile women of color who seemed to ...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to New Delhi Eric Garcetti trod cautiously on two sensitive issues at a confirmation hearing on Tuesday, pledging to be respectful in raising human rights issues and implicitly suggesting that Washington, more immediately, could give India a pass on sanctions ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani senior officials said on Friday the landmark resolution adopted recently by the Communist Party of China (CPC) is critical for China, and Pakistan can learn from the CPC's governance experience. They made the remarks at a webinar organized by Pakistani think-tank Pakistan-China Institute, ...

WASHINGTON ― Republicans have stalled dozens of President Joe Biden’s nominees from being confirmed across several departments, including those in charge of putting criminals behind bars, supporting small businesses and maintaining national security. The dilatory procedural tactics have frustrated Democrats and given proponents of institutional reform even more ammo ...

The loans, however, were handed out during President Donald Trump’s administration, not Biden’s. They were meant to help small businesses keep employees on their payrolls during the pandemic. Planned Parenthood’s affiliates are nonprofit organizations with leadership and funding structures separate from the national group, but Republicans say they are ...

Islamabad , October 30 (ANI): The Pakistani government told the Senate Standing Committee on Power that the agreement of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) cannot be renegotiated, just like other IPPs, as the Chinese companies could take the matter for international arbitration, local ...

#Pakistan News Two U.S. senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation. India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five of the surface-to-air missile ...

ISLAMABAD References to Pakistan in a recent US Senate bill on Afghanistan are “completely unwarranted” and “inconsistent with the spirit of cooperation” between Islamabad and Washington, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.The draft legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers “seems to be a reaction” to a debate “underway in Washington … ...